The football glossary is a page with a huge selection of football words, phrases and vocabulary that are organised in alphabetical order – it is like a football dictionary. You can find all kinds of football cliches, expressions and technical terms, as well as a variety of categories about many football-related subjects: transfers, football nicknames, match-day language, managers and much more.
E
- (to) Ease through
- (to) Edge out
- (to) Edge past
- (to) Eliminate
- Encroach
- End
- (to) End a trophy drought
- End justifies the means
- (to) End in tears
- End to end
- End product
- Ended their hopes
- Equaliser
- Europa Conference League
- Europa League
- European Cup
- (the) Everton Cup
- Exchange of passes
- Expected goals (xG)
- Extra Time
- Eye for goal
F
- (the) FA
- (the) FA Cup
- (to) Face
- Fair play
- Fall kindly for
- (to) Fall through
- (to) Fall to a defeat
- False number 9
- (to) Fancy
- Fans
- (to) Fashion a chance
- Favourites
- (to) Fear a backlash
- (to) Feed
- Feeder club
- (to) Feign
- Fergie
- (to) Field
- FIFA
- Fightback
- (to) Fill your boots
- Financial Fair Play (FFP)
- Final third
- (to) Find joy
- (to be) Finely balanced
- (to) Finish
- (to) Finish with aplomb
- Finisher
- (to be) Fired
- (to) Fire Home
- First choice
- First-choice keeper
- First-round exit
- (to be) Fit
- Five-goal thriller
- Fixtures
- Fixture pile-up
- (to) Fizz wide
- Flagged offside
- (to) Flap
- (to be) Flat
- (to) Flatter to deceive
- Flick On
- Flier (to get off to a)
- (a) Flighted cross/ball (to flight)
- (to) Fluff
- Fluke
- Flying header
- (to) Fool
- Football is a funny old game
- Force a corner
- (to) Force extra time
- Form
- Form goes out the window
- Form is temporary; class is permanent
- Fortress
- (a) Foul
- (to) Foul
- Foul and abusive language
- Fourth official
- Fox in the box
- (to) Free
- Free transfer
- Fringe player
- (to) Fritter away
- Front foot
- Full back
- Funny old game